potential evapotranspiration

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potential evapotranspiration [pə′ten·chəl i‚vap·ō‚tranz·pə′rā·shən]

(hydrology)

Generally, the amount of moisture which, if available, would be removed from a given land area by evapotranspiration; expressed in units of water depth.

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